• A strengthening Tropical Storm Laura threatens Gulf Coast -- before Marco clears

    A strengthening Tropical Storm Laura threatens Gulf Coast -- before Marco clears

    Aug 24, 2020 10:45 PM EDT

    ... landfall here. And I wanted to show this here. You start looking at the arrival of the winds, this is actually the arrival of the tropical-storm-force winds. That is a good indicator when you have got to wrap stuff up because it is too dangerous to be outside ...

  • Gulf Coast braces ahead of Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Storm Marco

    Gulf Coast braces ahead of Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Storm Marco

    Aug 24, 2020 04:42 PM EDT

    ... Brian McNoldy said Monday. The hurricane center is predicting Laura will reach 105 mph, but acknowledges that could be conservative. McNoldy said he expects the storm to reach major hurricane status of at least 111 mph. “I think it can definitely strengthen more than what the official forecast is,” McNoldy ...

  • Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms

    Climate change is driving wildfires, giving ‘rocket fuel’ to tropical storms

    Aug 23, 2020 10:24 PM EDT

    ... of that energy, for example, into the ocean changes the potential for storms. And we're living through, at least this year, a very active tropical storm and hurricane season already.  Andrew Freedman:  Yeah, it's a record season for tropical storm season in the Atlantic already. And part of ...

  • News Wrap: Tropical Storm Isaias pummels East Coast

    News Wrap: Tropical Storm Isaias pummels East Coast

    Aug 04, 2020 10:50 PM EDT

    Judy Woodruff: And in this country, Tropical Storm Isaias sped up the I-95 Corridor along the East Coast today, leaving a trail of damage. The storm was downgraded after coming ashore as a hurricane in North Carolina overnight and heading north. Along the way, it spun off a tornado ...

  • Tropical Storm Isaias causes damage, wild weather as it moves north

    Tropical Storm Isaias causes damage, wild weather as it moves north

    Aug 04, 2020 02:08 PM EDT

    ... electricity, most of them in North Carolina and Virginia, according to PowerOutage.US, which tracks utility reports. Isaias (pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs) toggled between tropical storm and hurricane strength throughout its path to the U.S. coast, killing two people in the Caribbean and trashing the Bahamas before brushing ...

  • Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

    Tropical Storm Hanna drenches South Texas amid virus crisis

    Jul 26, 2020 07:04 PM EDT

    Myrle Tucker, 83, tried to ride out the storm in a powerboat docked in a Corpus Christi marina. But winds and rain blew out the vessel’s windows. Eventually rescuers in a dinghy were able to reach him and bring him to shore. Tucker was standing in the marina Sunday ...

  • News Wrap: Tropical Storm Fay drenches parts of the East Coast

    News Wrap: Tropical Storm Fay drenches parts of the East Coast

    Jul 10, 2020 10:53 PM EDT

    ... the state, as you heard, but he postponed a campaign rally that had been scheduled for tomorrow in New Hampshire, citing the approach of Tropical Storm Fay to the region. Campaign officials had already acknowledged that it was not clear how many people would show up. That same tropical storm ...

  • Fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in New Jersey

    Fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in New Jersey

    Jul 10, 2020 09:53 PM EDT

    ... they have symptoms that might be associated with the virus will be segregated to a separate area of the school. President Donald Trump said the storm is being monitored and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was poised to help if needed. "We're fully prepared. FEMA's ready in ...

  • Tropical storm crashes onto U.S. Gulf Coast amid flood threat

    Tropical storm crashes onto U.S. Gulf Coast amid flood threat

    Jun 08, 2020 12:53 PM EDT

    ... inevitable street flooding. Forecasters said some parts of Louisiana and Mississippi were in danger of as much as a foot (30 centimeters) of rain, with storm surges of up to five feet (1.5 meters). “It’s very efficient, very tropical rainfall,” National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said in ...

  • Rain, road flooding as Tropical Storm Cristobal draws closer

    Rain, road flooding as Tropical Storm Cristobal draws closer

    Jun 07, 2020 03:57 PM EDT

    Forecasters said the storm's center will move inland across Louisiana late Sunday through early Monday and then head north across Arkansas and Missouri on Monday afternoon and into Tuesday. In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency to prepare for the storm’s possible arrival ...